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2TB Inland QN322 3D QLC NAND PCIe Gen 3 NVMe M.2 2280 Internal SSD

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Micro Center has 2TB Inland QN322 3D QLC NAND PCIe Gen 3 x4 NVMe M.2 2280 Internal Solid State Drive on sale for $59.99. Click add to cart on the product page and pay/pick up at your local store.

Note: Micro Center also has a $15 off coupon available for new customers only

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Features:
  • M.2 2280 M Key Internal SSD
  • PCIe Gen 3 x 4
  • 3D QLC NAND Flash
  • Up to 2,300MBps
  • Up to 1,800MBps
  • Endurance: 400 TBW

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Micro Center has 2TB Inland QN322 3D QLC NAND PCIe Gen 3 x4 NVMe M.2 2280 Internal Solid State Drive on sale for $59.99. Click add to cart on the product page and pay/pick up at your local store.

Note: Micro Center also has a $15 off coupon available for new customers only

Thanks to community member muchwow for finding this deal.

Features:
  • M.2 2280 M Key Internal SSD
  • PCIe Gen 3 x 4
  • 3D QLC NAND Flash
  • Up to 2,300MBps
  • Up to 1,800MBps
  • Endurance: 400 TBW

Editor's Notes

Written by SubZero5 | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • While supplies last.
  • About this product:
    • 6-Year Warranty
  • About this store:

Original Post

Written by muchwow

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Not always true...

Posted this on Reddit a while back after getting one on the bf sale..I bought one for $55 when it was $80 with a $25 off build coupon. It was probably worth that, but not much more. Terrible buy at $125 and still probably a bad deal at $100.



Just for a little real world data, I did some large transfers on my computer to see what this drive would do. PC specs i5 12400, asrock z690 phantom gaming 4, 32gb ddr4 3600 cl16, and all read/writes were to/from a 980 pro to eliminate any bottlenecks. I'm running W11. Tests were completed back to back, but I wasn't racing and had to wait to pull new files off my nas when you see a new file size used.

​

1st test: The drive started with x free of 1.81TB. large game write, copied destiny 2 (94.1gb) to the drive. It took about a minute. Looked to be about 1.8 gigabytes per second on average.

​

2nd test: The drive started with 1.46TB free of 1.81TB. Large single file write of (76gb). This took 41 seconds (started using the stopwatch on my phone). Again averaging about 1.8GB/s

​

3rd test: The drive started with 1.39TB free of 1.81TB. large game read, copied destiny 2 (94.1gb) back to the 980 pro. This took 1 minute and 42 seconds. The first half copied around 1.3GB/s, the second half of the time was fluctuating from about 400MB/s to 900, going up and down.

​

4- through full tests: The drive started with 1.39TB free of 1.81TB. Large single file (76GB) copy till its full test.

Run 1: Large single file (76GB), Start 1.39TB free, similar speed to the first copy, about the same 41 seconds

Run 2: Large single file (76GB), Start 1.32TB free. This one farking Died after 16%. 10 minutes in I was at 60% and it had completely stalled to 0MB/s multiple times. Task Manager was showing 1-5% utilization on the 980 and this was pinged at 99%. Finally finished around 19 minutes and 20 seconds...

Run 3: Let's try that again... Start 1.25TB Free This test plummeted immediately and I gave up at 3:37 at 15%, fool me once....

Run 4: Any different with multi files? Copied Destiny 2 again, Start 1.25TB free. NOPE, got to 10% in about a minute then hit 0bytes/s and stayed stayed there for a while...I gave up

Run 5: can we still read? Copied the 76gb file in 1:14, averaged maybe 1GB/s

Run 6: Can we write now? 76gb file Start 1.24TB free. No, similar to the last try

Run 7: smaller file? 3.71gb. Start 1.24TB free. Totally fine, took like 3 seconds?

Run 8: Lets go bigger 20.8gb. Start 1.24TB free. Fine until 96% then plummeted to 710KB/s. Ended in 58 seconds.

Run 9: smaller file again 3.71gb. Start 1.22TB free., fine maybe 2 seconds

Run 10: Lets go bigger again 20.8gb. Start 1.241TB free. woof, died at 19% after a few seconds. stayed at 0 bytes/s for like 50 seconds.

Run 11: I don't owe you guys shit, I give up, make of this what you will
This looks scientific

Sounds like you purchased a bad drive - and did some really strange "testing" to speed test. Why would you pick random files on your computer? Use a traditional benchmarking software to qualify your drive speed, like CrystalDiskMark or Atto...and you should return or RMA that drive if you still have it.
Still faster than a platter drive.

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Still faster than a platter drive.
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still rocking my Steam deck externally and about 1.5TB filled. Purchased last year for $65.00 AC
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Awesome price. Great for an external enclosure.
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Might get this and use a external enclosure to use as a external ssd
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SharpFlag258
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Quote from LordKel :
Still faster than a platter drive.
Bingo. And that's all that should matter.
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I use this drive in an external enclosure for my Xbox Series S for non-Series S games. No complaints. I also got it for $65 AC when they were on sale last year.

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is this only instore pickup? no shipping?
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Quote from LordKel :
Still faster than a platter drive.
Not always true...

Posted this on Reddit a while back after getting one on the bf sale..I bought one for $55 when it was $80 with a $25 off build coupon. It was probably worth that, but not much more. Terrible buy at $125 and still probably a bad deal at $100.



Just for a little real world data, I did some large transfers on my computer to see what this drive would do. PC specs i5 12400, asrock z690 phantom gaming 4, 32gb ddr4 3600 cl16, and all read/writes were to/from a 980 pro to eliminate any bottlenecks. I'm running W11. Tests were completed back to back, but I wasn't racing and had to wait to pull new files off my nas when you see a new file size used.

​

1st test: The drive started with x free of 1.81TB. large game write, copied destiny 2 (94.1gb) to the drive. It took about a minute. Looked to be about 1.8 gigabytes per second on average.

​

2nd test: The drive started with 1.46TB free of 1.81TB. Large single file write of (76gb). This took 41 seconds (started using the stopwatch on my phone). Again averaging about 1.8GB/s

​

3rd test: The drive started with 1.39TB free of 1.81TB. large game read, copied destiny 2 (94.1gb) back to the 980 pro. This took 1 minute and 42 seconds. The first half copied around 1.3GB/s, the second half of the time was fluctuating from about 400MB/s to 900, going up and down.

​

4- through full tests: The drive started with 1.39TB free of 1.81TB. Large single file (76GB) copy till its full test.

Run 1: Large single file (76GB), Start 1.39TB free, similar speed to the first copy, about the same 41 seconds

Run 2: Large single file (76GB), Start 1.32TB free. This one farking Died after 16%. 10 minutes in I was at 60% and it had completely stalled to 0MB/s multiple times. Task Manager was showing 1-5% utilization on the 980 and this was pinged at 99%. Finally finished around 19 minutes and 20 seconds...

Run 3: Let's try that again... Start 1.25TB Free This test plummeted immediately and I gave up at 3:37 at 15%, fool me once....

Run 4: Any different with multi files? Copied Destiny 2 again, Start 1.25TB free. NOPE, got to 10% in about a minute then hit 0bytes/s and stayed stayed there for a while...I gave up

Run 5: can we still read? Copied the 76gb file in 1:14, averaged maybe 1GB/s

Run 6: Can we write now? 76gb file Start 1.24TB free. No, similar to the last try

Run 7: smaller file? 3.71gb. Start 1.24TB free. Totally fine, took like 3 seconds?

Run 8: Lets go bigger 20.8gb. Start 1.24TB free. Fine until 96% then plummeted to 710KB/s. Ended in 58 seconds.

Run 9: smaller file again 3.71gb. Start 1.22TB free., fine maybe 2 seconds

Run 10: Lets go bigger again 20.8gb. Start 1.241TB free. woof, died at 19% after a few seconds. stayed at 0 bytes/s for like 50 seconds.

Run 11: I don't owe you guys shit, I give up, make of this what you will
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Quote from CoffeePleeze :
I use this drive in an external enclosure for my Xbox Series S for non-Series S games. No complaints. I also got it for $65 AC when they were on sale last year.
Any specific recommendations on an enclosure? I'd also be using it on an Xbox.
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Damn must resist don't need any more hard drives 😆
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Quote from mrtramplefoot :
Not always true...

Posted this on Reddit a while back after getting one on the bf sale..I bought one for $55 when it was $80 with a $25 off build coupon. It was probably worth that, but not much more. Terrible buy at $125 and still probably a bad deal at $100.



Just for a little real world data, I did some large transfers on my computer to see what this drive would do. PC specs i5 12400, asrock z690 phantom gaming 4, 32gb ddr4 3600 cl16, and all read/writes were to/from a 980 pro to eliminate any bottlenecks. I'm running W11. Tests were completed back to back, but I wasn't racing and had to wait to pull new files off my nas when you see a new file size used.

​

1st test: The drive started with x free of 1.81TB. large game write, copied destiny 2 (94.1gb) to the drive. It took about a minute. Looked to be about 1.8 gigabytes per second on average.

​

2nd test: The drive started with 1.46TB free of 1.81TB. Large single file write of (76gb). This took 41 seconds (started using the stopwatch on my phone). Again averaging about 1.8GB/s

​

3rd test: The drive started with 1.39TB free of 1.81TB. large game read, copied destiny 2 (94.1gb) back to the 980 pro. This took 1 minute and 42 seconds. The first half copied around 1.3GB/s, the second half of the time was fluctuating from about 400MB/s to 900, going up and down.

​

4- through full tests: The drive started with 1.39TB free of 1.81TB. Large single file (76GB) copy till its full test.

Run 1: Large single file (76GB), Start 1.39TB free, similar speed to the first copy, about the same 41 seconds

Run 2: Large single file (76GB), Start 1.32TB free. This one farking Died after 16%. 10 minutes in I was at 60% and it had completely stalled to 0MB/s multiple times. Task Manager was showing 1-5% utilization on the 980 and this was pinged at 99%. Finally finished around 19 minutes and 20 seconds...

Run 3: Let's try that again... Start 1.25TB Free This test plummeted immediately and I gave up at 3:37 at 15%, fool me once....

Run 4: Any different with multi files? Copied Destiny 2 again, Start 1.25TB free. NOPE, got to 10% in about a minute then hit 0bytes/s and stayed stayed there for a while...I gave up

Run 5: can we still read? Copied the 76gb file in 1:14, averaged maybe 1GB/s

Run 6: Can we write now? 76gb file Start 1.24TB free. No, similar to the last try

Run 7: smaller file? 3.71gb. Start 1.24TB free. Totally fine, took like 3 seconds?

Run 8: Lets go bigger 20.8gb. Start 1.24TB free. Fine until 96% then plummeted to 710KB/s. Ended in 58 seconds.

Run 9: smaller file again 3.71gb. Start 1.22TB free., fine maybe 2 seconds

Run 10: Lets go bigger again 20.8gb. Start 1.241TB free. woof, died at 19% after a few seconds. stayed at 0 bytes/s for like 50 seconds.

Run 11: I don't owe you guys shit, I give up, make of this what you will
That's not too good after the first fail it kept failing, smh I'd pass
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Single or dbl sided chips?
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Quote from sampahbau :
is this only instore pickup? no shipping?
In store only

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A great NVME SSD drive for storage.

"Refer to this SSD Spec Spreadsheet by Reddit u/NewMaxx to quickly determine the NAND type (TLC/QLC), cache type, and overall tier of an SSD."

https://docs.google.com/spreadshe...edit#gid=0

Based on the model, this could be using a Intel based NAND chip. Well worth the cost!

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